November 14, 2008
In a Tough Economy, Charlotte Makes a Play for Football
The first time athletics officials at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte thought about starting a football team, September 11 and its economic fallout quickly dashed hopes of financing such a venture.
Seven years later, undeterred by a similarly dire financial climate, Charlotte officials are lining up to try again.
The odds are hardly in their favor. The banking crisis has already claimed as a casualty one of the university's largest corporate supporters, and the
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